Fractures

Name: Fractures at National Park Service Mt Rainier National Park
Start: 6/23/2021

1 hospitalization · 2021065134 · 6/23/2021 · National Park Service Mt Rainier National Park

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
Nature of injury: Fractures

Cause

Event: Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
Source: Raised natural structures, hills, mountains, unspecified
Secondary source: Boulders

Employer

Name: National Park Service Mt Rainier National Park
Location: Between Narada Falls and Indian Rock, ASHFORD, WASHINGTON, 98304
NAICS: 712190
Jurisdiction: 0

Narrative

An employee was searching for a fox den. As the employee climbed up a slope a boulder dislodged, causing the employee fall 10-15 feet. The boulder then pinned the employee to the ground. The employee suffered multiple fractures to the right side of the torso, the collarbone, and the right arm, as well as a laceration to the back of the head.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown